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A normal journalist who works for the Newspaper suddenly finds herself into something she really didn´t expected to write about. In the low places of Canterlot she must seek a way to make her stories more interesting, but how? ·redspark

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Spike has trouble sleeping, goes for a walk, talks to a friend, and finds a way to go to sleep. Rarity goes to a slumber party, starts to have trouble sleeping, hears knocking at her door days later, and stops waiting for something important. ·Patchwork-Inkblot

She is as beautiful and graceful as the moon, and just as hard to reach. He is a young artist with much to learn about the world. When he accepts her challenge to create an artistic masterpiece, will he win her heart, or learn a terrible lesson in the nature of beauty and love?

I can honestly say that I have never read anything this well written. It is hands down the best short story I have ever read. And I don't mean on this website. I've read countless short fiction stories in my literature class at my university and high school but none of them compares to the amount of detail and story-telling that you demonstrated. It seemed very classical and almost Shakespearean to me. I defiantly think that you should write more.

This is excellent, it's one of the best written fics i've read in the last couple of months, though the characters are clearly plot artifacts, this is a story that is not in the whole context of the show (in characterization) but what you tell with it is amazing.

And i have to yet see a fic where rarity gets as well written as this, but in a "good note"

Wow... Um... This is a hard left from your usual light hearted and funny comedy dude. This isn't appropriate for ponies though.

This needs to be adapted into a real short story. Honestly, this is a fantastic plot. Just change all the ponies into human characters and your golden. It works perfectly in that respect. You didn't use extensive characterizations here, since we learned everything about the characters from what was described scene by scene. Honestly, PLEASE, adapt this into a normal short story. You need only change the setting to Paris or London or some other appropriately city with a royal seat of power and every element meshes perfectly.

Please adapt this. This is a GREAT short story, worthy of publishing if you just subtract ponies. Excellent work. Fantastic work. And here I was holding you in such high regard just for The Cutie Mark Conspiracy!

This moved me like few pieces of writing have been able to. A masterful portrayal of two timeless characters, the love-struck fool and the beautiful maiden. An amazing telling of an eternal tale, of unrequited devotion and bitter contempt.

Few things are more powerful than a heart consumed by love. Few things are darker than a soul deprived of it.

I'm glad I checked out your work, people write good comments at EQD about it and that's what led me here. Usually I avoid [Sad] and [Grim-dark] like the plague but I do check them out only if they're well written. And this story was magnificently written, more than any other fic the suspense drew me in and kept me on the edge of my seat. Poor Rarity, wish it wasn't her and just another OC pony but what other way to get the point across of a beautiful maiden? Not that having her marks the story as any less then the masterpiece that is. I really loved this and will look into you other works. Will post a similar comment on EQD.

I literally cannot describe how beautiful this story is. I am especially fond of the twist ending. It's very thought-provoking and also provides a personal life lesson about seeking out your true love: that appearance and initial behaviors can be deceiving, and that only by looking deeply into a person's behaviors, word choice, reactions to various situations, and ultimately into their eyes, can you get any idea of their true self. In this story, it was the mirror in particular that fully revealed Rarity's inner demons, a reality which she denied. The glass blower, hopefully, has learned his lesson about giving his all to someone whom he does not know will do the same for him, as unconditionally as he did. I think Twilight Sparkle would be a much better match for him than Rarity ever could be. She would understand the meaning of unconditional love.

That was incredible. Your characterization of Rarity was spot-on. I got the sense that she was starting to care for him, but her pride wouldn't let her give into her love. The glass blower really came to life, even though you never named him. The climax was perfect. Overall, this story was like the best kind of fairy tale--a true, honest one that acts like the glass blower's perfect mirror, and shows us the truth about ourselves.

Side note: I loved how you made it dark without resorting to gratuitous violence, sex, or language. So many authors do that, and it really gets on my nerves. You let the darkness of the story speak for itself, without having to add any dark trappings.

That was great! As a rule I usually don't read MLP stories involving shipping, grimdark/dark, or Rarity, but I'm very glad I broke it this time. After the first gift, I thought the story was going to end with the glass blower making a glass Rarity and falling in love with it, but you obviously had more imaginative, and cruel, places to go.

Darker and more serious than your usual fare. I'm glad to see you trying out so many different styles. One of the best things about your writing is how versatile it is. You can go from super cute to super funny to dark and serious, and even disturbing. I've learned a lot from reading your stories.

This is breathtaking, a complete masterpiece. The writing is absolutely incredible, and does exactly what you need it to do. The ending is THE ending, the right ending, the only ending your fic could possibly have. Exemplary.

Being a fan of the grim-dark category of fiction, I normally find my self experiencing less emotions than one would expect from a story where there is no light. But this.... This is beyond anything I have ever read. This, is the stuff of legends. Never before has a story of romance lost had this much meaning to me, and I would not be surprised if one never did again. Thank you for posting this... Masterpiece.

I have gazed into the depths of brilliance, streaming out into the world through this story. It is beyond the reaches of my vocabulary to fully describe what you have crafted here. Sir... You have put all of my writings to shame. Teach me? D:

It's new. When I was putting together the art for The Wind Thief, I did some playing around with other styles and decided to try making something for The Glass Blower as well. The full-size version is here:

This is... This is... A true work of art, worthy of the nameless (and cutie mark-less, haven't found where it is mentioned) glass blower. The ending, was brilliant, subverting the whole "happy ever after" etc. etc. We can only wonder what Rarity saw, but it probably wasn't pretty .

I loved the final version, but I do believe I love this version just as much! I don't think I've even encountered a fanfic written in this style, and you've done a very excellent job of writing it! It's different, but it's intriguing. Will you ever write another fiction in this style? I love reading various styles, because they all paint the story they're telling in various lights. It's inspiring.

Speaking of inspiration, what stories inspired you to write in this style? Sadly, I haven't been reading as much as I've wanted to in a long while, and I'm looking to add some variety to my reading list.

Stories need to be this good. You are now ranked among greatest fanfictions of all time, and perhaps in overall fiction. The glass blower, even though he was never named, literally came alive through the narration, just like his glass hummingbird.